How to start writing once again if four years ago in Qatar we thought that Leo Messi, finally pocketing his World Cup, would send everything to hell to retire and rest with his beloved family. Here we all are again, including him, in another final at 39 years old, exhausting the vocabulary of journalists, who repeat ourselves more than garlic trying to be original without succeeding. If only it were that he keeps playing… That’s not the point. The words would be different if he had failed, if he dragged himself as his birth date would suggest. How sharp the pens and voices would be then, always more clever for criticism than for praise. But no. Eight goals and four assists signed in seven matches. Again the best, GOAT, the greatest. Where does this guy come from? Why does he keep playing? It’s not for money. He already has enough to buy all of Rosario and Castelldefels. It must be because he enjoys it.

One day after the fight in the Real Madrid locker room between Tchouaméni and Valverde became public, which ended with the latter in the hospital with stitches and a recovery period of between 10 and 14 days, the club issued a statement this afternoon explaining the sanction.

Agreement in principle by Rodri Hernández. Barcelona and Manchester City have reached an understanding this Sunday for the player’s arrival in Barcelona. According to La Vanguardia, the latest offer presented does not exceed 70 million euros, with a maximum of 60 million fixed and the rest conditional on variables. Rodri will sign with Barcelona for the next 4 seasons.

Accustomed to the righteous diatribes, like the one that said Atleti was the team of the people –something that no one has believed for a long time due to the squad and the checkbook to build it–, the favorite’s suit turned against Cholo. Comfortable in guerrilla warfare, in